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Youth Strangles Friend During Fight

A young man is now facing trial at a Lagos court for allegedly strangling his friend during a  fight at…

Money Laundering Trial: Nnamani Seeks Release Of Passport

The former governor of Enugu State, southeast Nigeria, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, standing trial before the Federal High Court in Lagos,…

Govt Spends N150m On NECO Scratch Cards

Global Foundation, an NGO, says it has spent N150 million in collaboration with the Niger State Government to procure NECO…

Army Arrests Suspected Kidnapper

The Quick Response Group (QRG), under 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has arrested a 37-year old man who…

Family, Police Disagree Over Murder Of NNPC Boss’ Brother

The police have said preliminary investigation into the killing of Yohanna Yakubu, a staff of Nigeria National  Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,…

Housewife Sent To Prison For Faking Rape

A 45-year old woman, Mrs Eucharia Onuorah, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly making a false claim…

Suspected Kidnappers Of Iweala’s Mom Paraded

The Lagos State Police Command Monday paraded suspected kidnappers of the mother of the Coordinating Minister and Minister of Finance,…

Can APC Cure Nigeria’s Headache? (2)

By Chido Onumah I have no illusions about the challenges (some of which are beginning to manifest) and limitations of…

Court orders Mubarak’s release over murder charge

An Egyptian court on Monday ordered the release of former president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters but he…

Maduro elected Venezuela president

Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro was elected Hugo Chavez’s successor Sunday with 50.66 percent of the vote, while opposition rival…

Venezuelans pick Chavez successor

Venezuelans flocked to the polls Sunday to pick late leader Hugo Chavez’s successor, choosing between the handpicked heir of his…

Brother of NNPC GMD killed

By Femi Adi/Kaduna Unidentified gunmen today killed the younger brother of Andrew Yakubu, the Group managing director of the Nigerian…

Fire razes INEC ballot boxes in Lagos

Ballot boxes belonging to Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission were among the items engulfed by an inferno at the Lagos…

Multiple suicide bombers kill 34 civilians in Mogadishu

A nine-man suicide commando blasted its way into Mogadishu’s main court complex Sunday, some blowing up their explosives vests while…

MEND targets mosques, claims attack on Shell

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta,MEND has threatened to launch reprisal attacks against Islamic institutions…

South Africa’s Zuma to visit Nigeria

The South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma, is scheduled to pay a one-day official visit to Nigeria on Tuesday, an…

Boko Haram: Governors part of amnesty deal, say speakers

The Northern Speakers Forum on Sunday appealed to Nigeria’s Federal Government to include Governors from the region in the Amnesty…

ACN raises the red flag on worsening oil theft

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the rising cases of crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in…

Jonathan commended over amnesty offer to Boko Haram

Even after Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram openly ridiculed the idea of an amnesty, Speaker of Niger House of…

Thousands rally against poverty in Portugal

Thousands of people on Saturday rallied in the streets of Lisbon to protest rising poverty resulting from the government’s belt-tightening…

In Pictures: The wedding of PUNCH MD Osinubi’s daughter

Temitope, the medical doctor daughter of the managing director of PUNCH newspapers, Mr. Ademola Osinubi, has married her heartthrob, Olabode…

3 Nigerian footballers caught age cheating

Taiwo Adelu Reports from Morocco, venue of the African U-17 Championship Saturday evening said that three players of the Golden…

Rescue officers abandon search for occupants of drowned truck

Kazeem Ugbodaga Rescue officers at the scene of a tragic accident on the outskirts of Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos…

51 Accident Victims Buried In Benin

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A mass burial was Saturday conducted in Benin City for the 51 victims of the multiple accident that…

1,2, 3…Nigeria’s triplets make wedding a triple affair

A set of triplets was on Saturday in Lagos joined in holy matrimony, attended by hundreds of relations and well-wishers.…

Helicopters bought to battle oil theft, says Rivers govt

Nigeria’s oil rich Rivers-state Government has described as baseless and untrue, allegations that Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi bought armoured helicopters…

Egypt: Mubarak’s retrial collapses

The judge in the retrial of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak recused himself on Saturday, in a chaotic opening hearing that lasted…

‘Vow to never text and drive’, cellphone users warned

A US family has published the last, cut-off text message written by their 22-year-old son who crashed his car and…

Obama’s $400,000 and the jumbo pay for Nigeria’s legislators

President Barack Obama’s total pay last year was $400,000, which is about $34,000. The pay package of the world’s most…

Nigeria’s middlemen linked with Mexican drug gangs

Hard drugs barons in Nigeria serve as middlemen for the extremely violent Mexican gangs including the notorious Los Zetas and…